Acting

James Bolam

Born 1935-06-16 · Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, UK

James Christopher Bolam is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

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A Memory Owed
as Stan
2025
Marriage
as Gerry
2022
Remembers…
as Self
2022
Wartime Christmas
as Narrator
2020
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Terry Collier (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Unconditional
as Hutch
2012
Tentboy
as Baz
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
The Last Days of Lehman Brothers
as Ken Lewis
2009
Grandpa in My Pocket
2009
Celebration
as Matt
2007
The Plot Against Harold Wilson
as Harold Wilson
2006
He Knew He Was Right
as Mr Crump
2004
New Tricks
as Jack Halford
2004
To Kill a King
as Denzil Holles
2003
The Afternoon Play
as Billy
2003
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
as Harold Shipman
2002
Born and Bred
as Dr. Arthur Gilder
2002
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters
2000
Close and True
as Graham True
2000
It Was an Accident
as Vernon Fitch
2000
Dirty Tricks
as Moss
2000
Pay and Display
as Sydney Street
2000
Stormin' Norman
as Norman
2000
The End of the Affair
as Mr. Savage
1999
The Alex Ferguson Story
as Narrator
1998
The Stalker's Apprentice
as Helmut Kranze
1998
Stella Does Tricks
as Mr. Peters
1997
The Island on Bird Street
as Doctor Studjinsky
1997
The Missing Postman
as Clive Peacock
1997
The Missing Postman
as Clive Peacock
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Ron Pringle
1997
Have Your Cake and Eat It
as Nat Oliver
1997
Dalziel and Pascoe
as Father Leonard Tibbings
1996
Eleven Men Against Eleven
as Ted Whitehead
1995
Clockwork Mice
as Wackey
1995
Second Thoughts
as Bill
1991
Sticky Wickets
as Glyn
1990
Screen One
as Glyn
1989
Communicators From Hell
1989
The Beiderbecke Connection
as Trevor Chaplin
1988
Andy Capp
as Andy Capp
1988
The Beiderbecke Tapes
as Trevor Chaplin
1987
Room at the Bottom
1986
The Beiderbecke Affair
as Trevor Chaplin
1985
Macbeth
as Porter
1983
Shades of Darkness
as Arthur Frode
1983
ITV Christmas Comedy
1983
The Maze
as Arthur Frode
1983
Clash of Loyalties
as A.T. Wilson
1983
The Plague Dogs
as The Tod (voice)
1982
Only When I Laugh
as Roy Figgis
1979
Fish and Ships
as Narrator
1979
As You Like It
as Touchstone
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Touchstone
1978
The Limbo Connection
as Mark Omney
1978
Armchair Thriller
as Mark Omney
1978
The Likely Lads
as Terry
1976
When the Boat Comes In
as Jack Ford
1976
The Philanthropist
as Don
1975
In Celebration
as Colin Shaw
1975
If You Could See What I Can See
as Charlie
1974
Oranges and Lemons
as Arthur
1973
Making the Play
as Husband
1973
O Lucky Man!
as Attenborough/Examination Doctor
1973
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
as Terry Collier
1973
The Protectors
as Max Toller
1972
Straight On Till Morning
as Joey
1972
Crucible of Terror
as John Davies
1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Roberts
1971
Budgie
as Wossname
1971
Budgie
as Wossname Walsh
1971
Play for Today
as Husband
1970
W. Somerset Maugham
as Leslie Gaze
1969
Otley
as Albert
1969
Omnibus - Graham Greene: The Hunted Man
as Pinkie
1968
Half a Sixpence
as Mr Jones
1967
Omnibus
as Pinkie
1967
Inheritance
as David Oldroyd
1967
Boy Meets Girl
as McHenry
1967